plate warmer # 3

so, Sue wants to learn to knit sox

she came to my house

i gave her enuff yarn to knit at least 10 pairs of sox

then forgot to take a pic

gave her some readers too

she needs them for the sock knitting



while she was learning sox

i felt the NEED to knit

so i started another tam
the first hat was blocking on a plate
someone asked what it was
i replyed "Plate Warmer"
it stuck
2nd plate warmer should be done drying
i could WEAR it since it's cold out
winter usualy comes to Georgia before now
and is USUALLY done
not complaining
the weather is better down here
than up north
and NO SNOW!!!!!

make-up & hair

so, i tried doing

something with the hair

and adding make-up

of course in a day or so

the roots will be adjusted

but as of 2-28 @ about 2 pm

this is what i look like

with Sue's help

blocked & drying

9:00 pm 2-27 => DONE KNITTING!!!

too many things to do, not ENUFF time

you know how it goes
you have a LONG to do list
some things get done fast
others at a snails pace

well ...

the handle of the rollerboard broke

i could still use it

the wheel broke

since i wasn't sure where to go to

get it fixed

i bought a cheapy @ walmart

today

i went to Hapeville

to get new wheels

tomoro or in a day or 3

i will go to Fayetteville

to get the handle fixed

had i known that someone in Fayetteville

could fix it

i would have had it fixed

SOMETIMES

it's easier to pay someone to fix things

so i can accomplish something else

gotta take the uniform in

to be altered

it's too tight

hopin' she can let it out an inch or so

re-attach the buttons

fix the hem (maybe shorten it an inch or so)

saw some shoes in Hapeville

do i NEED new shoes

will they hurt my feet

they ARE Dansko

the list of things to do isn't getting any shorter

i keep finding things that need done

if i stay home for a month

will i get ALL Caught Up??

do i really want to get caught up

met the woman who owns this site

http://www.belltownhillorchards.com/

CORN yarn

here are a few of the possible color

choices for the Corn Yarn

that i will design sox for

NANCY is dyeing the yarn

coffee sleeve for Gabby

so, i decided to try to personalize

a sleeve

5 letters is a challenge

next time i won't use so many letters

AND

i won't make it so large

got 2 sleeves from one skein

and enuff yarn to make at least one more

her name is done in the

slate SWS i had left over

from the Tam

lattes vs calories

i was warned against lattes since i want to
reduce my waistline
too many calories

well IF I buy it ... yeah

they add sweetner (honey i think)

to Tazo Chai that Starbucks & Seattles's Best

use as a base for their Lattes

they use 2% milk

at home,

i use 1%
will buy skim next time

and tea with NO sweetners added

so,

i am only getting the calories

from 2/3 cup of 1% milk

and if i am using 2 tea bags

per cup of Latte

i am depleting my supply

of tea

i haven't counted how MANY types

i have

maybe i SHOULD

hehehehehehehehe

lattes

so, i bought a cappicino machine

Tazo Chai & Oregon Chai are about the same

HT Hot Cinnamon Sunset

is YUM, YUM, YUMMY as a Latte

it's GREAT as hot tea

Bigleow Apple Cider is great as a tea

as a latte .. nah

so, i have LOTS of teas

some herbals

some greens

some blacks

some loose

some in sachets or bags

gonna try them as lattes

not sure what will determine IF it's good

in latte form

guess i will HAVE to try it to see

yarn

Nancy got in some sock knitting yarn

it's made from corn

don't ask me how

anyways

she is dyeing /has dyed it

she picked colors I would like

orange

yellow

teal

i may have to buy some of ALL of it

i want WHITE (un-dyed) for the mitts & headband

it will be the snowflake

anyways

if she sends me pix, i will get to decide on the color

hoping she gets it in the mail today

i need it thur so it can go to Mexico with me on Fri

i got DAFFODILS

so i got home yesterday afternoon

i noticed there were TWO daffodils

in the front garden
went out to dinner with a friend
saw a few hedges of forsythias
i LOVE forsythia hedges
and Daffodils
they are so brite & cheerful

someday
i will live in a house that
has Forsythia Hedges
and big beds of flowering bulbs
and beds with Azaleas
ITMT
i will admire everyone else's

had major t-storms today
knocked over the planter on the back porch

gonna go outside and walk for a while
taking the cell so i can take pix
will update them here so you can see
the wonderous things i get to see
when i am home

had FUN this past weekend

i have flowen with both pilots before
will fly with Adam on Fri to Mexico

Sue was FUN!!!!

she is here on Thur & Fri

so, i will start to teach her to

knit 2 sox- 2 circs

she is a BLAST to work with

and SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOO funny

i want to work out

she wouldn't let me drink pop

we did hit the treadmill

and talked about knitting, sewing, crocheting

crafting in general

her family

i had SSSOOOO much FUN flying with her

she made a list of what i have to do

while i am off

her friends call her "MAMA SMURF"

she is such a mom

but in a GOOD way

she told me she will try to bifd to fly

with me in April

we could be dangerous together

hehehehehehehehehehe

Tam 2 = "B"

think i started this around 2-22

as of 2-25 / 10:07 PM

i got this far

i LOVE the way it looks

reminds me of Easter Eggs

from Patti

Florida Strip Poker

2-18Strip...wmv (2.3 MB),

i don't know WHERE Penny gets these

but OMG!!!!

window washer

windowwas...wmv (1660.3 KB),

today

got to work with Sue

FUN

then we worked out on the treadmill for 1/2 hour

ate salads @ Jack-in-the-box

back to her room

gonna teach her to knit sox

gonna be FUN!!

PAJAMA PARTY

haven't been to a pajama party in over 30 years
Nancy is having one at her shop for
members of Whenever Again & New Yarns
i will be getting yarn to design sox for the party
the sox will be sold to the groups in April
the party will be held in the shop
Fri March 14th after it closes
it's gonna be FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!

i gotta buy new jammies & slippers

yup

wearing them to the airport

and on the plane

will get pix

i NEED to learn to hand felt small stuff

so i created another coffee cup sleeve

will hand out the pattern at the pj party

then will post it to my blog in April

it started as Shannon's Fault

so, for my partner for SP10
i made her a sleeve 'cause she
drinks LOTS of Starbucks coffee
since she didn't know who i was

she called me Mary

well
i made a few & lost the directions
people keep asking me for one
so, i reknit one today

tweeking the pattern

gonna knit a few this weekend

using left overs

coffee cup sleeve

it's LARGE enuff

to cover the 16 oz cup

maybe i should have

felted it a bit more

wonder how it fits a 20oz cup

pre-felting

hhhhhmmmmm

did i make it too big??

paton's classic wool

2 hours to knit

20 minutes to felt

# 8 circs